Cast: Julie Andrews (Narrator - voice), Amy Adams (Giselle), Patrick Dempsey (Robert Philip), James Marsden (Prince Edward), Susan Sarandon (Queen Narissa), Timothy Spall (Nathaniel), Idina Menzel (Nancy Tremaine), Rachel Covey (Morgan Philip)
For complete info, see IMDb's Enchanted page.
I wasn't sure what to expect from Enchanted. It looked really cute, but I didn't want to get my hopes up too much, even though Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz did the music and the cast was wonderful. Enchanted far exceeded my expectations of a cute Disney movie that I'd want to see once. The music is wonderful. The characters are completely lovable. Although they used aspects of almost every main Disney princess story (the apple and hag from Snow White, story book intro & ending used in many, the carriage and shoe from Cinderella, etc.), I thought the overall feel was very much like Sleeping Beauty, my favorite Disney movie. Perhaps that's why I enjoyed Enchanted so much.
I highly recommend renting Enchanted if you missed it while it was in theatres. It's on my list of movies I need to own on Blu-ray DVD (when I get a Blu-ray player) and it's one of the few movies I watched twice before returning it to Netflix.
Grade: A-
Labels: 2007, adventure, Amy Adams, animated, comedy, Disney, family, fantasy, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Julie Andrews, movie, Patrick Dempsey, romance, Stephen Schwartz, Susan Sarandon
Reviewed by Kat at the 8:00 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Susan Sarandon (Rose Collins), Paul Walker (Mike Riley), Penelope Cruz (Nina Vasquez)
For complete info on the amazing cast, see IMDb's Noel page.
This movie with an amazing cast is a nice movie to watch around the holidays. It's the story of how five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, life, and love. I recommend renting it around the holidays, since it takes place at Christmas time. The characters (played by a brilliant cast) are easy to identify with and feel for throughout the Noel. If you haven't seen this one yet, add it to your rental list and enjoy the way everyone interacts in this touching movie.
Grade: B
Labels: 2004, drama, Paul Walker, Penelope Cruz, Susan Sarandon
Reviewed by Kat at the 12:54 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Orlando Bloom (Drew Baylor), Kirsten Dunst (Claire Colburn), Susan Sarandon (Hollie Baylor), Alec Baldwin (Phil DeVoss)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's Elizabethtown page.
The soundtrack alone is worth watching Elizabethtown. Cameron Crowe did a great job selecting music, as always. His story telling in this one wasn't as great as some of his others, but it's still a very sweet story about a young man who's having a lot of problems in his life who finds exactly the right girl on the way to his father's memorial with the family they've been estranged from for years.
I always enjoy Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom and Elizabethtown was no exception. I'm not sure I'd recommend seeing it in the theater like I did, but it's definitely worth renting! There are no special effects, so you won't miss anything on the smaller screen.
I know the reviews trash this movie, but I thought it was a great story with a wonderful soundtrack and definitely recommend it.
Grade: B+
Labels: 2005, Alec Baldwin, comedy, drama, Kirsten Dunst, movie, Orlando Bloom, romance, Susan Sarandon
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:00 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Susan Sarandon (Regina "Reggie" Love), Tommy Lee Jones ('Reverend' Roy Foltrigg), Mary-Louise Parker (Diane Sway), Anthony LaPaglia (Barry 'The Blade' Muldano)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's The Client page.
Having really enjoyed the first two films made based on John Grisham novels (The Firm & The Pelican Brief), I had high hopes for The Client. That was my first mistake. If you haven't read the book, I'd recommend The Client. If you have, I'd say you're better off re-reading it than you are renting the movie.
The book is wonderful and the cast is great, but the story got too mangled to recognize it as the book I enjoyed so much.
Grade: C+
Labels: 1994, crime, drama, John Grisham, movie, mystery, Susan Sarandon, thriller, Tommy Lee Jones
Reviewed by Kat at the 12:10 PM show | 0 screams